Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13

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Of frstIoye.
So the next afternoon, too, she started
for another drive, her mother accompany
! ing her, of course, in good European
style, lust about toe time that Stanley
Newton was taking the train for the shore
and was wondering how she would receive
/ his little surprise.
It was o short ride, and Stanley was not
long in making himself presentable for
tea Then he loitered about, waiting
for the Stanhopes to appear. They lid
not come. II was not until he had light
/ ed his cigar and was sitting on the piazza
/ that they drove up with Mr.. Pascal. He
saw them alight and heard their friendly
/ interchange OF gratitude friendly, very
! friendly indeed, He would wait till after
"tea" before presenting himself But
| they did not come down again.
/ Next morning he was compelled to re-
! turn to the city before anyone was up.
/ Somehow, it was not convenient for him
/ to 20 to the shore Saturday night. A
/ fellow clerk went, how ever, and returned
/ TO toll him what n happy couple Pascal
| and Miss Stanhope made. 1t was just as
WELL Pascal had money and was much
/ the better match for her.
:
found the temptation greater than the
absurd resolve, and he went down again.
There was hop at the hotel Miss
Stanhope already had about all her
dances engaged, and Mr.. Pascal was her
partner.
Stanley fancied she did not regret this
much Notwithstanding that she said she
did in the only tetea-tete they had. He
had no time to go again till the day be
fore she came home.
There was no installing the frigidity
OF her manner then. And, although he
was bold enough to ask for it while ad-
vancing none on his own part, she was
right in thinking that TINT frigidity need
ed no explanation. He could not help
feeling somewhat guilty; yet so warmly
u he go against his conscience and de
fond his fancied rights in that interview
that he returned to the city feeling like
criminal. He was now positive that he
WAS no person for Miss Stanhope.
On the other hand pique, completely
mastered young lady. She saw it all. She
thought, and her indignation rose as her
range of vision increased. Pascal came
home with her and had been a constant
caller at the house since. She delighted
in his company-so she told herself. He
was a thorough gentleman with no mean
suspicious.
OF the two letters lying on the table
that morning she recognized one rs the
handwriting of Pascal which had become
familiar to her long before she had heard
of Mr.. Newton. The other bore an ad-
dress not exactly in a business hand, yet
decidedly masculine and rather sprawling.
She had not seen it before, doubtless,
thought il was some bill that some blum
derer had sent TO her instead of to her
father; or it might be a circular. She
did not stop long TO speculate over it.
She tossed it to one side in her eagerneSs
TO see what Pascal could be writing abont,
broke the dainty seal of this young mans
missive, and with half sarcastic smile,
read as follows;
My dear Miss Stanhope:
With your kind permission / shall call
to take you to drive this afternoon. As
! wish TO see you on important business
please do not disappoipt me. Reveren-
tally FRANK Pascal.
Merton Place, Sept, 90, 1880.
'Importnnt business What could
it be? Something whispered a suggest
ion that ssht the hot blood to her face.
The sor4ething that whispered a sug-
gostion was not far from right. Before
II was time to go to the seashore another
year she was Mrs Frank Pascal and the
doctor easily had his way about the trip
| to the mountains for his health.
The trip did not improve the cough
any, however. Neither did one trip to
/ Europe. Before two years had passed
/ Frank Pascal's rather empty life was
closed. The world did not heed this fact
half as much ms he had thought it would,
nor yet did the the Stanhopes feel inclin-
ed to bury themselves IN ashes. They
had never been satisfied with Evelyn's
unaccountable change of mind
/ All questions they had put TO her about
/ Nepton were wasted Her father heard
from him occasionally in a business way;
he was doing very well, though travelling
/ from one place to another great deal,
/ And that was about all that Evelyn knew,
4 though she knew that much thoroughly.
When away on their trip a succession
of pleasing dreams had almost made up
! for her lack of information. To be sure,
there was q ueyer-fAiling resolve to be a
good wife. But that did not mean much
for Pascal. A good nag or the billiard
table had made up his summum bouum
till his strength had failed with his for
tune, then a light novel had been his
most desired solace
After his death Evelyn had returned
to her own home changed being. Peo-
pie remarked upon low much she seemed
TO miss her husband. For two months
she had lost all trace of Mr.. Newton in
his travels. Her own troubles had en-
D .H ~
had warm and true hear. She was Civ
en- to dwelling much upon her lost OPP
portunities to have made Frank Pascal
happier. Yet as time wore on she found
that she could not change her nature and
she gave herself up to it.
I She had loved but one man.
The acuteuess of her indignation had
grown less. iGdeed, as time had gone on,
/ The fact began TO force itself upon her
she observed year after year that Newton
never married, that he might not have